Hey everyone! This story takes place a couple months before my fic called "His Good Girl, My Dirty Secret". If you haven't read it yet, I would suggest to read this first, unless you don't mind spoilers, that is. Well, anyways, I hope you will like this one. I actually had the idea for this one before My Dirty Secret, but I wasn't sure if I was gonna post it because I have too many Ino fics. Hell, I still do, but I couldn't resist ;p. Have fun reading & please lmk what you think in reviews! (Flames will be ignored, though)

Yamanaka Ino had made her mind up. She was determined to find and commit to a guy before the summer festival. She was sick and tired of being single, always feeling like a third wheel around Sakura and Sasuke, and even found herself getting jealous of Hinata for god's sake – even she had snagged Naruto! Ino stood in front of her long, vertical mirror in her matching bra and panties, scrunching her nose in disgust as she pinched the tiniest bit of fat that she had on her thighs. Maybe if I didn't have thunder thighs, Sasuke would have picked me instead of Billoard Brow. Deep down, Ino knew that was a shallow lie, Sakura was the only girl that had ever penetrated the icy wall that the dreamy Uchiha had up back when they were only 12. Besides, Ino had always had leaner, longer legs than Sakura, anyways. Still, she couldn't shake the thought every time she caught a glimpse at her reflection. She sighed sadly to herself but didn't decide against slipping on a purple pair of daisy dukes. She stared at herself again and winked, posing. I'm still hot.

No fucking way. Ino gagged, passing by Shino as she exited her house, she made sure to avoid eye contact as she put an "x" next to Aburame Shino's name on her mental potential boyfriend list. He was a bug, a cockroach in her eyes. She shuddered. She had wanted Sasuke, now he was a lion, sharp, mysterious, oozing sexiness, practically royalty. But the lion had been tamed and locked away in Sakura's pink colored cage. What was the next best thing?

"Yooo! Shino and Ino! Weird!" Ino heard her name being called from Shino's direction. It was Inuzuka Kiba waving at her from the other side of the street, standing in front of the guy she had just dodged. She was about to keep walking, until he hollered, "Don't be rude, cutie, come over here!" He bit down on his lip flirtatiously. That's when Ino realized: What the fuck? Since when is Kiba hot? How had she missed those tan, toned arms? Or that messy sex hair? Or that flirty crooked smile? She made a mental note to re-examine the guys she would have normally checked off because she pictured them as their dorky eight year old self. Shino was still a no-go, though. She decided to cross the street, making sure she looked damn good doing it, too, emphasizing the motion of her hips and the bounce in her chest as she moved. This was the jungle, and she had to look ready to pounce.

"What do you want?" Ino put a sassy hand on her side, knowing that unless the guy was something like a lion, she should never express her interest first. She had to make them sweat. The question made Kiba raise his thick, brown eyebrows and lower his eyes down to her shoes and back up, making 3-second stops at her breasts, hips, and thighs. "Take a picture, it lasts longer. I promise."

He pretended to look for something in his pockets, "Shit, I forgot my camera again!" He sucked his teeth playfully, licking his side fang with his tongue. She responded by rolling her eyes but with a small smirk spreading on her lips. Shino shook his head to himself quietly and walked away nonchalantly, not even pretending to be up to dealing with these two. "Soo…" He stuck his hands in his pockets nervously, he seemed to have had some sort of sudden personality switch, "You wanna…go for a walk or something?" Ino found it cute. He was confident but not cocky, he knew his place. Check!

"Let's go." Ino gave a sweeter smile this time. He gave one, too, and the teenagers started walking side by side. "Where's your dog?" Ino asked, thinking it was probably the first time she had seen him without his furry companion.

"At my house. My sister's in town."

"Do you live alone?"

"Yeah, well, its Hana's apartment but she goes to college in Suna so she's never even there. Especially since she has a boyfriend there now."

"Do you like it?" She wondered, "Living alone?"
"Hell yeah I do! Living with my parents was so annoying!" He chuckled happily to himself. Ino didn't say anything, she felt awkward bringing up something like "I hate living alone. I wish my dad was still around to annoy me" to a guy she wasn't that close to. Sure, they had always been classmates, and all of rookie 9 shared a special bond, but she wasn't the type to wear her heart on her sleeve. She still didn't respond however, because she wanted to make sure he was good at dominating a conversation. "You don't have any pets?"

"No. I think I had a bunny once when I was like five, though." Ino tried to think if that was really her or a friend or something. She didn't dislike animals, but she never exactly yearned for one either. Where would she find the time to walk and feed and clean up after another living thing?

"Don't you like flowers?" He said.

"What does that have to with anything?" Ino made a weird face, making Kiba think for a moment.

"Well, you have to water and care and talk to plants, right?" Kiba waited for her nod, "I feel like…people who are good with plants must also be good with animals." He blushed a little after saying that, feeling uncomfortable revealing his sensitive side to a girl he was trying to seduce.

"I never thought about it that way," Ino admitted sincerely, "But that's really cool, that you think that, I mean." Ino smiled at him again, closing her eyes and baring her white teeth. Kiba wasn't a wolf, like Ino had gotten her hopes up he'd be, he was a little puppy-dog. However, she decided it wasn't a bad thing. Maybe she was a dog person?